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Sapper WALTER TOWNSEND

Service Number: 166786
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

233rd Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 19 October 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY

IV. H. 1.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Youngest son of the late John and Clara Townsend, of King St., Swindon. Carpenter and Wheelwright.
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Buried or commemorated at

COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1673
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